Godzilla: King of the Monsters

“We opened Pandora's box. And there's no closing it now.”

Filmology Rating: 1.75 out of 4

An evil group of people want all of the monsters to fight. There are no memorable moments or characters.

This film was disgusting. As a huge fan of Michael Dougherty, I was deeply disappointed by this film. This does not feel like his film. It feels like they hired Dougherty and bossed him around. The script also felt like it was written by a committee.

The plot itself is borderline incoherent. For the entire film, I had no idea what was going on or who any of the characters were. Every single character is also the comic relief. Sure, I have given lots of films bad reviews, but I could barely sit through this film without losing my mind. Partly because of how shocked I was at how incompetent and dumb the film was.

The monster fights are also a mess. There is no build-up to the monsters fighting. Say what you want about there being no Godzilla in 'Godzilla (2014)' but at least the Godzilla fight felt eanred. In this, there so much garbage on the screen that, at times, I could not tell what was happening. The camera is also shoved into the monsters faces and violently shaken while they're fighting.

This is very obviously a foreign marketed film. This is a franchise that is supposed to hit home runs in Asia. So the script is purposely made as blunt as humanly possible, disposable arch-type characters, exposition (sometimes with a visual aid), and terrible dialogue alongside bloated CGI.

The majority of the film tries to have the 'Jurassic Park' debate about whether or not to keep the monsters alive or to kill them. It just shows how far we have fallen from such a wonderful film.

Look, there is just too much wrong with this film that I could possibly write. It was shocking at how bad this was. At a point, I covered my face because I just could not take it anymore. Michael Dougherty is such a brilliant writer which is why it feels like he had nothing to do with the script. He gives some incredible visuals, but everything else is a mess. This film is the cinematic equivalent of a five year old smashing two dinosaur toys together.

Rating: Let It Burn

-Nolan